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A similar monochrome lavender blue bottle is in the Madina Collection of Islamic Art, now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from, gifted by Camilla Chandler Frost.
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IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
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A SAFAVID LAVENDER GLAZED POTTERY BOTTLE
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Rising from short slightly spread foot through globular lobed body and short cylindrical neck to wide flaring similarly lobed mouth with raised lip, the interior with a celadon glaze, the exterior with a lavender-blue glaze over the celadon glaze, repaired breaks to rim
5½in. (14cm.) high
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Rising from short slightly spread foot through globular lobed body and short cylindrical neck to wide flaring similarly lobed mouth with raised lip, the interior with a celadon glaze, the exterior with a lavender-blue glaze over the celadon glaze, repaired breaks to rim
5½in. (14cm.) high
Provenance
Anon sale in these Rooms, 23 April 1991, lot 132,
The Collection of The Berkeley Trust, sold Sotheby's, 12 October 2004, lot 76
The Collection of The Berkeley Trust, sold Sotheby's, 12 October 2004, lot 76
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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